Category Archives: Sunday Switchup

Sunday Switchup: Extremely Unhappy Iron Frog

Sure, this guy seems to have lost a flipper, but there’s no call for him to go taking it out on me.

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Sunday Switchup: Crow and Sparrow

I like crows. They’re smart, they’re raucous, they know how to enjoy themselves, and they’re better than I am at remembering a face. That makes them okay in my book. I also kind of like this picture. I could have … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: Reflections

I am endlessly fascinated by the way the windows of large buildings, and even some smaller ones, lend patterns to other buildings at various times of the day. I really miss having a zoom lens. The camera on the bigger … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: How Much For THAT Doggie?

I’m guessing that the adoption fee for this one is rather more than for the ones in the Macy’s window.

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Sunday Switchup: Ceiling of the Palace of Fine Arts

This was slated to be torn down after the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, but some ridiculously rich lady stepped in and paid for it to be preserved. That’s the kind of thing you can do when you’re ridiculously rich. Sure … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: The Other Kind Of Lab

I ran across this in the city last month. And then the next day it was gone. And then the day after that I ran across it a couple of streets away. For those who don’t feel like zooming in, … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: Ugggghh

No, I’m feeling fine. I just have a couple of punny pictures for you for Sunday switchup. Not a lot of people know this — and why on earth should they? — but in addition to collecting dogs (photographs and … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: Light and Shadow

I am rarely outside at the right time of day to see this, since it’s on the wall of my workplace, early-to-mid-afternoon. But it’s quite a sight. The building next door is a historic monument. The owners decided to build … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: What Ate This Piling?

Anyone want to give me a guess what this is? Or, rather, this is probably a piling of some kind, but… what ate it? And if there are things out there that do this to pilings, why are there any … Continue reading

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Sunday Switchup: Two No-Longer-Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

I found these two in a pet store. (Not for sale, for adoption, from one of the local rescue groups.) At first I was sad to hear their story: apparently they had some health problems that meant that they couldn’t … Continue reading

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